Multipolar Shift and US Transactional Foreign Policy

Pakistan-Saudi-Turkey defense pact framed as anti-Israel 'Muslim NATO'; Australia-Vietnam ties deepen; China-Canada thaw. US tariffs on Brazil strain Mercosur; Colombia pivots to align with Trump. Debate on 21st-century SEATO emerges. US and Asian allies deepen defense ties: Japan 2% GDP, US-Indonesia MDP, record Taiwan arms sales. Trump appeases North Korea, reducing US-SK exercises while NK supplies Russia—undermining alliance credibility. US retreats from global leadership but still building bilateral alliances.